Chapter 91: Buy a yard

Chapter 91 Buying a Yard

Third Grandpa nodded and said: "It's just for the purpose of opening up wasteland. Our family has just arrived and has no land. We want to open up a few acres of wasteland to grow food. We also asked the village chief to make it easier."

Village Chief He asked them which piece of wasteland they were interested in? After learning that it was the thatched wasteland in Houcun, I quickly agreed.

"There is no one cultivating that land. You can go there anytime you want to open up wasteland." He also told them the rules of land reclamation: "Our Da Chu does not need to pay taxes in the first two years of land reclamation, and taxes will start to be collected in the third year. It is the same as other fields. , both draw two out of ten. If you want to get the title deed for the land that was opened up, you have to spend money to buy it at the Yamen, one tael of silver per acre of wasteland."

Village Chief He took a sip of hot water, thought for a while, and said, "That's all, no more, you can figure it out yourself."

Several men thought that the village chief would embarrass them, but they did not expect that they agreed so easily and were very happy.

The third grandfather remembered what Gu Jinli told him, and asked the village chief: "Village chief, do the old houses we rent still have owners? Are they selling those houses?"

 Village Chief He opened his half-closed eyes, looked at the third grandfather, and asked: "Do you want to buy those old houses?"

The third grandfather nodded: "Well, it will cost a lot of money to buy new land and build a house. Although those old houses are old and damp, they can still be lived in. If the owner is willing to sell and the price is not expensive, we think Buy it.”

"Those old houses have been around for a long time." Village Chief He was old and didn't remember much about the past. He asked He Dacang to bring a booklet, read it for a quarter of an hour, and said, "Those old houses are from the villagers." They were built, but the land was not purchased, and there is no title deed or house deed. After the villagers no longer live in it, those houses will belong to the village and are considered public property of the village. If you want to buy them, just bring the money to me directly, but you want the land deeds. As for the house deed, you have to spend more money to buy it from the Yamen."

Grandpa Third and several men were very surprised to hear that those old houses were public property of the village, so they didn't have to go to the owners one by one to tell them.

The third grandfather asked: "Village chief, how much do those houses cost?"

Village Chief He looked at the book in his hand and said: "The courtyard of an old mud house costs five taels of silver."

Those old houses are very old, and five taels of silver is considered expensive. Nowadays, a new mud yard only costs eight or ten taels.

Village Chief He thought that they were poor and had no money, so he was afraid that it would be too expensive, so he said: "Don't be too expensive for you. This is the price set by the village. If I change the price for you, I need to discuss it with several clan elders in the village." That's fine, but the Lu family... is very troublesome."

 The implication is, they don’t think it’s too expensive, otherwise they probably won’t be able to buy it.

The Third Grandpa and Mr. Qin thought for a while and said, "We understand. The village chief will allow us to go back and discuss it. We will give you an answer after a while."

Village Chief He closed the book and said, "Okay. But we have to do it quickly."

If we delay for a long time, we are afraid that the Lu family will not agree to sell the house to them. After all, I bought a house, but even if I am a real villager, it is not that easy to drive away.

“Hey, we know.” The third grandfather said and left with several men.

As soon as they left, He Dacang came over and said, "Dad, are you really going to sell those old houses to them? What should we do if the Lu family comes to question us?"

He Dacang looked at the back of Third Grandpa and his entourage as they left, and said, "These families are so smart that they paid three taels of silver as soon as they came. The Lu family was angry that they had not knocked off their pride, and were wandering around looking for them. Where is the trouble? I think they will use the house they live in to make a raft. If you sell the house to them, the Lu family will cause trouble for us. "

Even though their family is the village chief, the Lu family is so domineering that they dare not offend them.

Village Chief He said: "These families are all capable, but the Lu family is too arrogant. It's time for the Lu family to suffer a loss."

 Ever since Mr. Lu’s daughter married the county magistrate as a concubine, the He family has been bullied everywhere in the past twenty years. The Lu family is also vicious and has instigated several of their nephews and nephews. If this continues, there will be no place for the He family in Dafeng Village, and the descendants of the He family will also be led into a different kind of person. In another twenty years, there will be more bachelors and gangsters in the village, and when he dies, he will not have the shame to meet the ancestors of the He family. As soon as Third Grandpa and others got home, they gathered everyone together and talked about the wasteland and buying an old house.

Family members are very interested. After all, renting a house is not as good as buying one, and they live in a house with no regrets.

It's just that Aunt Tian's family is poor and she has no money to buy a house. She said in a panic: "This old house is not cheap. It costs five taels of silver. How can we have the money to buy it?"

Her family is still in debt and cannot afford five taels of silver to buy a yard.

The third grandfather said: "Buying a yard seems expensive, but now we have a tofu business. After working hard for several months, we can only earn these five taels of silver."

Aunt Tian still doesn't want to buy a house. If she buys a house, her family will owe new debts.

Seeing that she was really unwilling, Third Grandpa had no choice but to say: "Let's leave it like this for now. Each of you can go back and discuss it carefully. Let's also take advantage of this period to make more money and buy a house when we have money. It doesn’t feel bad anymore.”

 But within two days, they had to buy these yards.

 The cause is Gu Yumei.

The bachelor gangster in the village set his sights on her and wandered outside her yard, saying nasty and nasty things. Gu Dafu was so angry that he called men from several families over and together they beat up He Dacai and He San Leizi. pause.

When the gangsters He Dacai and He Sanleizi were beaten, they still shouted: "This is not your house. We are standing outside the old house in the village talking. What are we doing to you? You can't beat us!"

How could several families let them go? They still beat them so hard that they almost became disabled.

Finally, they were escorted to the village chief's house and told harsh words in front of the village chief. If they dared to wander outside the courtyard of their family again and make some obscene remarks, their legs would be broken, and then their legs would be broken. Send them to the authorities for investigation.

Mr. Qin even asked Qin Sanlang to bring a stone as big as a washbasin, and smashed it with one punch in front of them, scaring He Dacai and He San Lezi to the point where they wet their pants.

Village Chief He was also frightened and scolded the Lu family in his mind. Did he think Qin Gu Luotian and his family were the Mo family? Because of his probing, the Lu family must have made these families angry now.

 Because of what they said due to their wealth, several families felt that it was impossible not to buy a yard.

On the same day, Third Grandpa and his friends took a fifty-tael banknote and went to the village chief’s house to buy six old houses with mud courtyards.

These fifty taels of silver notes were hidden by Qi Yi in a cloth bag filled with salt as a special thank-you gift to Gu Jinli. She had been hiding them just in case of emergencies, and now they came in handy.

On the way home, Gu Dafu cursed him all the way, and the more he cursed, the more heartbroken he became. If he were still in his hometown, how could any **** dare to talk dirty words against the wall of his house?

Grandpa San knew that Gu Dafu was angry, so he didn't stop him and just let him scold him.

 After returning home, the Qin family, Luo family, and Gu Dafu family took five taels of silver and returned it to Gu Dashan.

As for the Gu Damu family and the Tian family, they can't afford so much money at once, so they can only owe it first.

 (End of this chapter)